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Fez

Fez is a city in famous for being home to the world's oldest university, dating to 859, and the world's oldest continuously-operating library, dating to 1359.
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  • Type: City with 1,170,000 residents
  • Description: city in Morocco
  • Also known as: “Fes”, “Fes, Morocco”, and “Fez, Morocco”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal Palace and Ibn Danan Synagogue.

Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The or Dar al-Makhzen is the palace of the King of Morocco in the city of Fez, . Its original foundation dates back to the foundation of , the royal citadel of the Marinid dynasty, in 1276 CE.

Synagogue
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
The is a synagogue located in the of Fez, Morocco. The first synagogue on the site was built in the 17th century but the building has been destroyed, partially or completely, and restored on several occasions.

Park
Photo: Robert Prazeres, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as the Bou Jeloud Gardens, is public garden in Fez, , located between and , the two sections of the old medina.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fes el Bali and New Fes.

Suburb
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is the oldest part of Fez, Morocco. It is one of the three main districts of Fez, along with and the French-created Ville Nouvelle.

Quarter
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Fes Jdid or Fes el-Jdid is one of the three parts of Fez, the second largest city of . It was founded by the Marinids in 1276 as an extension of and as a royal citadel and capital.

Neighborhood
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The is the historic Jewish quarter of Fez, . It is located in , the part of Fez which contains the Royal Palace, and is believed to date from the mid-15th century.

Fez

Latitude
34.0422° or 34° 2′ 32″ north
Longitude
-5° or 5° west
Population
1,170,000
Elevation
406 metres (1,332 feet)
IATA airport code
FEZ
United Nations Location Code
MA FEZ
Open location code
8C6Q22R2+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 289035432
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2548885
Wiki­data ID
Q80985
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Fez” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Fas”
  • Afrikaans: “Fes”
  • Afrikaans: “Fés”
  • Afrikaans: “Fès”
  • Albanian: “Fes (Marok)”
  • Albanian: “Fes”
  • Algerian Arabic: “فاس”
  • Arabic: “جماعة فاس”
  • Arabic: “فـاس”
  • Arabic: “فاس”
  • Arabic: “مدينة فاس”
  • Armenian: “Ֆես”
  • Azerbaijani: “Fəs”
  • Bashkir: “Фәс (ҡала)”
  • Bashkir: “Фәс”
  • Basque: “Fes”
  • Basque: “Fez”
  • Belarusian: “Фес”
  • Belarusian: “Фэс”
  • Bengali: “ফেজ, মরক্কো”
  • Bosnian: “Fes”
  • Breton: “Fes”
  • Bulgarian: “Фес”
  • Catalan: “Fes”
  • Catalan: “Fez”
  • Cebuano: “Fas”
  • Cebuano: “Fās”
  • Cebuano: “Fes”
  • Cebuano: “Fès”
  • Cebuano: “Fez”
  • Central Kurdish: “فاس”
  • Chechen: “Фес”
  • Chinese: “菲茲”
  • Chinese: “費茲”
  • Chinese: “非斯”
  • Chuvash: “Фес”
  • Croatian: “Fes”
  • Croatian: “Fez”
  • Czech: “Fás”
  • Czech: “Fes”
  • Czech: “Fés”
  • Czech: “Fès”
  • Czech: “Fez”
  • Danish: “Fez”
  • Dutch: “Fes”
  • Dutch: “Fès”
  • Dutch: “Fez”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فاس”
  • Esperanto: “Fès”
  • Esperanto: “Feso”
  • Esperanto: “Fez”
  • Estonian: “Fās”
  • Estonian: “Fès”
  • Finnish: “Fes el Bali”
  • Finnish: “Fès”
  • Finnish: “Fez”
  • French: “Fassi”
  • French: “Fes”
  • French: “Fès”
  • French: “Fez”
  • French: “Fèz”
  • Galician: “Fez”
  • Georgian: “ფესი”
  • German: “Fès”
  • German: “Fez”
  • Greek: “Φεζ”
  • Greek: “Φες”
  • Guarani: “Fes”
  • Hausa: “Fas”
  • Hebrew: “פאס”
  • Hebrew: “פס”
  • Hindi: “फेज़”
  • Hungarian: “Fez”
  • Icelandic: “Fez”
  • Ido: “Fez”
  • Indonesian: “Fas”
  • Indonesian: “Fez”
  • Interlingue: “Fez”
  • Irish: “Fès”
  • Irish: “Fez”
  • Italian: “Fes”
  • Italian: “Fès”
  • Italian: “Fez”
  • Japanese: “ファス”
  • Japanese: “フェズ”
  • Japanese: “フェス旧市街”
  • Kabyle: “Fas”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Fez”
  • Kashmiri: “فاس، مراکش”
  • Kashmiri: “فاس”
  • Kazakh: “Фес (Фез) қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Фес”
  • Kirghiz: “Фес”
  • Korean: “페스”
  • Kurdish: “Fes”
  • Ladino: “Fes”
  • Ladino: “Fez”
  • Latin: “Fès”
  • Latin: “Fez”
  • Latin: “Fezza”
  • Latvian: “Fesa”
  • Latvian: “Fēsa”
  • Limburgan: “Fez”
  • Lithuanian: “Fesas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Fès”
  • Macedonian: “Фез”
  • Macedonian: “Фес”
  • Maithili: “फेस एल बाली”
  • Malay: “Fes”
  • Malay: “فاس”
  • Malayalam: “ഫെസ്, മൊറോക്കോ”
  • Maltese: “Faz”
  • Maltese: “Fes”
  • Maltese: “Fez”
  • Marathi: “फेझ (मोरोक्को)”
  • Marathi: “फेझ”
  • Mingrelian: “ფესი”
  • Moksha: “Фэс”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “فاس”
  • N'Ko: “ߝߊߛߌ߸ ߡߐ߬ߙߐߞߎ߬”
  • N'Ko: “ߝߍߖ߭”
  • N'Ko: “ߝߍߛ”
  • Nepali: “फेस एल बाली”
  • Northern Frisian: “Fès”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fez”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Byen Fez”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fez”
  • Norwegian: “Fez”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Fès”
  • Ossetian: “Фез”
  • Ossetian: “Фес”
  • Panjabi: “ਫ਼ਾਸ”
  • Persian: “فاس”
  • Polish: “Fez”
  • Portuguese: “Fees”
  • Portuguese: “Feez”
  • Portuguese: “Fès”
  • Portuguese: “Fez, Marrocos”
  • Portuguese: “Fez”
  • Romanian: “Fes”
  • Romanian: “Fès”
  • Romanian: “Fez”
  • Russian: “Фез”
  • Russian: “Фес”
  • Russian: “Фец”
  • Scots: “Fes”
  • Serbian: “Фес”
  • Serbian: “فاس”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fes”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fès”
  • Shona: “Fes”
  • Sicilian: “Fes”
  • Silesian: “Fez”
  • Slovak: “Fás”
  • Slovak: “Fez”
  • Slovenian: “Fes, Maroko”
  • Slovenian: “Fes”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فاس”
  • Spanish: “Fes”
  • Spanish: “Fès”
  • Spanish: “Fez”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴼⴰⵙ”
  • Swahili: “Fes”
  • Swahili: “Fès”
  • Swahili: “Fez”
  • Swedish: “Fes”
  • Swedish: “Fès”
  • Swedish: “Fez”
  • Tachelhit: “Fas”
  • Tagalog: “Fes”
  • Tajik: “Фос”
  • Talysh: “Fes”
  • Tatar: “Фәс”
  • Telugu: “పేజ్ ,మొరో క్కో”
  • Telugu: “పేజ్”
  • Telugu: “ఫిస్ ,మొరో క్కో”
  • Thai: “Fes”
  • Thai: “แฟ็ส”
  • Turkish: “Fas”
  • Turkish: “Fes, Fas”
  • Turkish: “Fes”
  • Turkish: “Fez”
  • Twi: “Fes”
  • Ukrainian: “Фес”
  • Urdu: “Fes”
  • Urdu: “Fez”
  • Urdu: “فاس”
  • Urdu: “فیس”
  • Uzbek: “Fos”
  • Veps: “Fes”
  • Vietnamese: “Fes”
  • Vietnamese: “Fez”
  • Vlaams: “Fes”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Fes”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Fez, Morocco”
  • Welsh: “Fes”
  • Welsh: “Fès”
  • Welsh: “Fez”
  • Western Panjabi: “فاس”
  • Western Panjabi: “فیض”
  • Wu Chinese: “非斯”
  • Yiddish: “פאס”
  • Yiddish: “פֿאַס”
  • Yiddish: “פעס”
  • Yue Chinese: “非斯”
  • “Fez”

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